5 Common Technology Problems and How to Solve Them

In 2019, we are not just active users of technology, we are dependent on them.
From the mobile phones in our hands to the chip on your ATM cards, over time, we
have seen all these become a very significant part of our existence. Take your
phone away for a day and you are sure to feel fidgety. But behind this booming
industry is the long list of pitfalls that the engineering behind their computers faces
each day. As glamorous as the world of technology seems from the vision of Elon
Musk and Bill Gates, in reality, even technological advancements are facing some of
the worse crisis in modern days.

Skilled Manpower
As hard as it is to create innovation in technology, it is harder to find a talented
workforce to back it.  Although the tech-field has the highest employment in the
world, the advancements are happening at a pace higher than the learning rate.
With new systems in place each year, there is always a lack of good talent to keep
the industry alive.
There is also a geographic issue. All technological advancements are isolated to
different parts of the world. So with each new development, the entire working
population has to be trained to adapt to a tech.
THE FIX:
The only way to fix this problem is by creating segregation and specialization in the
early stages of learning. Instead of bombarding students with all-thing-technology,
if we are able to bifurcate the fields early on, we can produce more skilled talent
and achieve higher efficiency from them.

Data Security.
The safety of data has always been of grave concern to any big tech giant. Even
companies like Facebook and Google are battling each day to assure the privacy of
user data. The recent incident with Facebook’s data scandal has thrown light on
how no data is safe on the internet. The problem with data safety is that there are
not enough government regulations in place.
Uninformed users also play a huge role in this problem. With millions of new users
exposed to the internet each year, there is no way to control and educate them
about the many ways data can be misused.
THE FIX:
Creating regulation at a global level. Companies around the world must dedicate
some guidelines in the use and distribution of data. If you think agreeing to the
same guidelines world over is an impossible task. Remember, the red light means
the same anywhere on the globe. Another important factor is the education of early
users to the pros and cons of data permissions.

Flaws in Execution
New tech, just like a new piece of furniture, needs to go through many stages of
tests before it can be made available for mass usage. The many stages like alpha
testing and beta testing are prerequisites before any technology can be deployed.
This is a time-consuming process and often the biggest hitch for new players.
There is also the major loss in translation between the developers and the
distributors. Often technology, as good as it may be, will end up in the wrong
markets. The simple problem is that the people creating a product are not the same
selling it.
THE FIX:
A friend working in the big-data division of a leading company once told me this,
“The only way a product will make positive change is when tech-guys start to sell
their own products”. Product developers must not stop at coding but also study
supply-demand markets. This change is already evident with the boom in IT-
startups across the world.

Artificial Intelligence Takeover.

Humans created AI, and now we are threatened by it. We are running a race with
artificial intelligence and losing at it without our knowledge. AI was created as
a technology that can improve the efficiency of every-day time-consuming
processes. Fields like sorting, labeling, inventory, and accounting have already seen
a massive takeover of AI.
The issue is that machine learning is becoming more efficient than human learning. 
A recent case in California showed an AI robot asked to run as fast as possible,
instead developed in hight and fell face-forward to cover the distance it was
supposed to run. Tech geniuses across the world worry that we will not be able to
control this monster we have created.
THE FIX:
The issue of AI domination is far into the future. Many companies are already
making efforts to control the blow-out. The simple solution is having well-planned
research and many levels of beta testing before dispatching products to the market.
Cloud Storage Crunch
If the waste management problem in your city is a problem, imagine the tons of
garbage collected in the clouds. With almost everything on the internet, companies
are unable to keep up with the growing bandwidth. Towers of storage units in
remote locations are unable to manage and separate the useful data from the
unwanted. We also face the issue of data safety as mentioned above. An
organization like Amazon has publically stated that warehouse space is not as much
of an issue as cloud storage.
THE FIX:
Cloud networking advancements should be encouraged. Everyone wants to create
data but not many entrepreneurs are working on making storage optimized and well
encrypted.

Conclusion
There might be a rise in technological risks, but that does not come in the way of
development. These problems are just a minor pawn in the lard board game of
technology. Opt for the above fixes to solve all the technological issues.